From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 6 09:37:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E17416A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:37:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgate-internal1.sri.com (mailgate-internal1.SRI.COM [128.18.84.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6874E43D31 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:37:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gilham@csl.sri.com) Received: (qmail 26758 invoked from network); 6 Apr 2004 16:37:27 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mailgate-internal1.SRI.COM) (127.0.0.1) by mailgate-internal1.sri.com with SMTP; 6 Apr 2004 16:37:27 -0000 Received: from quarter.csl.sri.com ([130.107.1.30]) M2004040609372603188 for ; Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:37:27 -0700 Received: from snapdragon.csl.sri.com (snapdragon.csl.sri.com [130.107.19.20]) by quarter.csl.sri.com (8.12.9/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i36GbIak028336 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:37:18 -0700 Received: from snapdragon (localhost [127.0.0.1])i36GbIQu026304 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:37:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gilham@snapdragon.csl.sri.com) Message-Id: <200404061637.i36GbIQu026304@snapdragon.csl.sri.com> To: current@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:37:18 -0700 From: Fred Gilham Subject: Soyo 6-in-one USB memory card reader X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 16:37:36 -0000 Hello, I'm using 5.2 CURRENT as of March 6. I've been using CURRENT on this box for a year or so now, and the behavior described below has occurred since I installed the Soyo device. I have a Soyo 6-in-one memory card reader/writer that connects to a USB port on my computer. When this device is plugged in, the system will not boot but halts with a BTX error. If I hit spaces before the system tries to boot FreeBSD, then I get a prompt and I can type "/boot/loader" at the prompt and the system will boot and everything will work. The 6-in-one reader works fine once the system is booted. Seems like a stray interrupt problem that gets masked when I generate interrupts by hitting space on the keyboard. (Does this sound right or is it total nonsense???) Any suggestions as to how I can deal with this? -- Fred Gilham gilham@csl.sri.com 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name. -- Steve Wright